First real reloading experience....

Started priming today! I'm not through trimming yet, but dug out my Lee Auto Prime hand primer today and wanted to try it out. It works pretty good once you get the kinks worked out! Going back tomorrow and will hopefully finish trimming, deswage(?) the primer pockets and prime until I run out of primers. We are getting close! It won't be long until I get to shoot ammo that I rolled!

Yep -- you getting close. Seems like all the "hard" work is about behind ya!! Charge 'em, seat a bullet and pull the trigger!!

More progress! Finished trimming the brass and it all should be polished by now. I also got 500 primed. I used my Lee Auto Prime for some of them and SGMJody's RCBS press mounted primer for the rest. I like his primer better. The primer strips make it super simple! Next time we will swage the primer pockets of my remaining brass, prime them and then start working up loads!

Quick update! I finally got to work on my ammo some more today. Moving and work sucks! I've got 1,000 primed and ready to load! That's the good news! The bad: my range brass pile is growing which means I have to start over! I guess that's some pretty good bad news.
Man, I can't wait to get out and shoot some of my own!

jbpmidas wrote:Quick update! I finally got to work on my ammo some more today. Moving and work sucks! I've got 1,000 primed and ready to load! That's the good news! The bad: my range brass pile is growing which means I have to start over! I guess that's some pretty good bad news.
Man, I can't wait to get out and shoot some of my own!

I just keep sorting, polishing, decapping, and trimming a little at a time, all the time. That way I always have a supply of "load ready" brass sitting on the bench.

Captain, SGMJody told me a little about your brass pile!

I hope to do the same when I have my own place set up. Besides, it's a good hobby and sure beats watching TV.

I finally got some loaded and ready to go! I actually have 66 ready, that is all the time I had today. The picture is of my first 50. I am biased, BUT, I have never seen better looking ammo!!!!!!! We used range brass, Remington 55gr. PSP, 23.5gr. H322, and S&B SR primers. I can't wait to see how they shoot!

Very good looking ammo you have there!! Let us know how they do ... There is a real satisfaction what you have created!!

Finally shot some of my own ammo today with SGMJody! We weren't at the range but about 5 hours or so! We let alot of lead fly and I learned alot from Mr. Jody!!!!!! I didn't know how well I could shoot until I had someone who knows what they are doing, teach me. I still haved alot to work on, but I understand the fundamentals now. I also know the difference between match ammo and regular ammo in rimfire! Wow! I hadn't shot my 1911 in a long time, and man was that a blast!

Anyway, back to topic! My reloads did a lot better than I expected for 55 grs. We'll work on them some more. I had some 55gr Cor-Bon that were not very good at all. I could tell they were loaded a lot hotter than mine. Got some modifications to make on my AR too.

I also need some Winchester 40 gr subsonics. My 22/45 really seemed to like them, almost as much as it liked Mr. Jody's match ammo!